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I Still Get Candy?

August 25, 2020 1 Comment

By Adam Chabot

“It’s just a little bit, but it’s okay!” said my three-year-old, Isaac.

With outstretched arms, I lugged him from his bedroom to the bathroom.

I stood him up, pulled his pants down, and plopped him on the toilet bowl. A hard small turd had rolled onto the tiled floor.

“It’s okay!” he repeated.

He grunted. His face turned red. He babbled about the show Paw Patrol.

“Daddy, I still get candy?” he asked. I was wiping him. “I love you,” he added.

“Of course, buddy.”

A high five. I dressed him. Off he went.

I still had to bleach the floor.

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  1. Donna Colarusso says

    August 25, 2020 at 11:12 am

    A wonderful true life story !

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